Wedding Cakes Houghton-le-Spring

Your search for wedding cake makers in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, needs to start at least four months prior to your planned wedding date, and possibly sooner than this if you want to use one of the really popular bakers. As your first option when searching for wedding cake makers, you could ask for recommendations from friends, relatives and acquaintances that have recently been wed.

You could also check online for sites promoting local cake designers, you should easily be able to see pictures of their wedding cakes on their individual websites as well as on social media websites like Instagram and Facebook. So that you can pick out a local Houghton-le-Spring cake maker who's passionate about creating your cake, it would be wise to speak to at least three or four people, and have a good look at their wedding cake portfolios.

Tasting a range of cakes is also important because you want a cake that both looks awesome and tastes great. Ask for some samples to taste and have somebody else with you for this, so that you can get a second opinion. You will then be ready to decide about what sort of cake you would prefer, if you have not already done this.

The possible choices are many and varied and along with the cake style ie two tier, scalloped, pillow shaped, three tiered, round, heart shaped, 4 tier, single tiered or square, you'll have to pick the kind of cake ie gateau, cupcakes, cheesecake, sponge cake, marble cake, chiffon, fruit cake, sorbet or ganache.

The flavour of your cake is another detail you will need to decide, choices could be carrot, coconut, almond, pink champagne, banana, apple spice, vanilla, white chocolate and raspberry, chocolate, red velvet and lemon. After this you should contemplate a filling for the cake, possibly lemon curd, hazelnut buttercream, chocolate ganache, white chocolate, chocolate banana, Belgian chocolate, fresh strawberries, raspberry mousse, pastry cream, marshmallow fluff, chocolate mousse, lemon sorbet, vanilla mousse or dulce de leche.

What Size Wedding Cake do I Need? - Determining what size wedding cake is needed can be a bit tricky, though this can be easily sorted by speaking to your chosen cake maker, who'll have a nifty chart for estimating cake sizes depending on different factors. When you have settled on the cake style, the cake maker can work out the tier dimensions based upon your predicted number of guests and how many servings you're going to give out.

Wedding Cake Toppers - Last but not least, you can pick out your wedding cake topper, and once more there are hundreds of wedding cake toppers on offer for your wedding cake in Houghton-le-Spring. Amongst the various designs are novelty wedding cake toppers, horseshoe wedding cake toppers, gold ring wedding cake toppers, diamante cake toppers, funny cake toppers, Mr and Mrs cake toppers, diamond spray wedding cake toppers, personalized wedding cake toppers, dove cake toppers, pearl wedding cake toppers, crystal cake toppers, floral wedding cake toppers, message wedding cake toppers, bell and bow wedding cake toppers, bride and groom wedding cake toppers and butterfly wedding cake toppers.

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